Return-path: X-Andrew-Authenticated-as: 7997;andrew.cmu.edu;Ted Anderson Received: from beak.andrew.cmu.edu via trymail for +dist+/afs/andrew.cmu.edu/usr11/tm2b/space/space.dl@andrew.cmu.edu (->+dist+/afs/andrew.cmu.edu/usr11/tm2b/space/space.dl) (->ota+space.digests) ID ; Sun, 20 May 90 01:39:23 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <8aJWpiG00VcJMXl05P@andrew.cmu.edu> Reply-To: space+@Andrew.CMU.EDU From: space-request+@Andrew.CMU.EDU To: space+@Andrew.CMU.EDU Date: Sun, 20 May 90 01:38:55 -0400 (EDT) Subject: SPACE Digest V11 #431 SPACE Digest Volume 11 : Issue 431 Today's Topics: Malfunction aboard Mir Re: The Spaceport of the 21'st Century Soyuz TM-9 Problems ? Re: space news from April 2 AW&ST ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ReSent-Message-ID: ReSent-Date: Sat, 19 May 90 19:28:44 -0400 (EDT) ReSent-From: "Todd L. Masco" ReSent-To: Space X-Delivery-Notice: SMTP MAIL FROM does not correspond to sender. Date: Sat, 19 May 90 13:16:11 EDT From: ceo%UMASS.BITNET@vma.cc.cmu.edu (Chip_Olson@nowhere.in.particular) Subject: Malfunction aboard Mir Saw this on Bitnet Politics... ===== From: "Valentine M. Smith" (CARBUCKLE@UMKCVAX1.BITNET) A potentially sad report that the world will hear much more about over the next two weeks. Apparently, thermal panels on the MIR space station have failed, and 2 cosmonauts are in some danger of freezing to death in space. The Russians are mounting a rescue mission, which will probably two weeks to happen. So far the two cosmonauts are OK, but this situation will probably deteriorate as the days pass. ===== Anybody know anything more about this? -ceo ------------------------------ Date: 19 May 90 15:54:47 GMT From: usc!samsung!munnari.oz.au!csc!myb100@ucsd.edu Subject: Re: The Spaceport of the 21'st Century In article <2744@hsv3.UUCP>, mvp@hsv3.UUCP (Mike Van Pelt) writes: > In article <9437@hydra.gatech.EDU> ccoprmd@prism.gatech.EDU (Matthew DeLuca) writes: >>In article <8528.2652bead@pbs.uucp> pstinson@pbs.uucp writes: >>>Cape York is going to be THE spaceport of the 21st Century. > >>But if there's nuclear material (RTG's or reactors) aboard the satellites to >>be launched, won't New Zealand wimp out? (Only a half-smiley, folks.) > > No need for smilies at all. New Zealand's policy, if applied to > launches from Cape York, effecively rules out any missions to the outer > planets. So, if any outer-planets or deep-space missions (the TAU > mission?) are contemplated, we'll need another launch site anyway. > -- Ahem.....a small pointer to life in the Sou'west Pacific: Cape York is in the NE corner of Australia. New Zealand is two+ islands to the SW of Australia and is a separate country. NZ policies are not reflected in Oz policies. Therefore: RTG based missions can be launched from the Cape York facility. (Just in case there was any confusion on your side of the equator :-) ) > Mike Van Pelt Here lies a Technophobe, > Headland Technology/Video 7 No whimper, no blast. > ....ames!vsi1!v7fs1!mvp His life's goal accomplished, > Zero risk at last. Markus Buchhorn Mt Stromlo and Siding Spring Observatories, Canberra, Australia markus@mso.anu.oz.au ------------------------------ Date: 19 May 90 06:55:14 GMT From: monsoon.Berkeley.EDU!gwh@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (George William Herbert) Subject: Soyuz TM-9 Problems ? Reports surfaced on ABC today that the Soyuz crew transfer vehicle currently docked to the Soviet Mir space station is damaged in some way and cannot be used to return to earth. Details on the nature of the problem are unavailable. The craft, Soyuz TM-9, was initially launched in February. Currently it and a single Progress resupply vehicle are at the Mir station. This event effectively strands the two crew currently at Mir there, since the Progress cannon be used to return humans to earth. The reports also indicated that a EVA was planned for sometime next month to attempt to repair the malfunction or damage. Presumeably some repair parts will be flown on the next Progress flight, scheduled for the near future. If the cosmonauts are unable to repair the problem, the Soviet expansion schedule for the Mir station, already well behind schedule, will be thrown into chaos, as a Soyuz will have to be made available as an alternate crew return vehicle for the cosmonauts already there, requiring a new launch to be fitted in to the schedule. ******************************************************************************* George William Herbert JOAT For Hire: Anything, Anywhere: My Price UCB Naval Architecture undergrad: Engineering with a Bouyant Attitude :-) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Who?" the man managed. Whip me, Beat Me, Make me learn C... "The Rastafarian Navy," Case said, ++++++++++ gwh@ocf.berkeley.edu OR "...and all we want is a jack into your ========== gwh@soda.berkeley.edu OR custodial system." -neuromancer """""""" maniac@garnet.berkeley.edu ------------------------------ Date: 18 May 90 08:15:01 GMT From: munnari.oz.au!metro!pta!yarra!melba.bby.oz.au!gnb@uunet.uu.net (Gregory N. Bond) Subject: Re: space news from April 2 AW&ST In article <1990May14.034107.11219@utzoo.uucp> henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer) writes: White House is dithering on whether to let United Technologies Corp's USBI division get involved in managing the Cape York spaceport. The problem is that although the spaceport would be in Australia and manned by Australians, they'd be using Soviet boosters. Well, the security guards and the cleaners might be Australians. I doubt thant any of the "key" personnel would be; we have no space industry to build experience and no uni degrees in space engineering. (There is some reasonable aero expertise - last week the last of 72 FA-18s was assembled locally - would that count??) -- Gregory Bond, Burdett Buckeridge & Young Ltd, Melbourne, Australia Internet: gnb@melba.bby.oz.au non-MX: gnb%melba.bby.oz@uunet.uu.net Uucp: {uunet,pyramid,ubc-cs,ukc,mcvax,prlb2,nttlab...}!munnari!melba.bby.oz!gnb ------------------------------ End of SPACE Digest V11 #431 *******************